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Yes you want sand blasting. Only experience is Oak beams in old French farm houses.
Depending how old they are / tight the fibres are, if you leave them untreated they'll get really dusty and dirty.
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We used nitromors to do a bunch of beams that had been painted black. Worked really well. Laborious and at times, painful. I got some on my forehead by accident.
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Anyone have any experience with sandblasting? We have some beams in the new house which are stained or have shiny varnish on them and want to take them back to plain oak. Belt sanding doesn't seem correct as we don't want to lose the shape/detailing of the beams. Or am I wrong.